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US abortion views shift, majority are 'pro-life'US opinion on abortion has shifted with, for the first time in nearly 15 years, a narrow 51-percent majority identifying themselves as "pro-life," according to a new Gallup poll published Friday. Read More... |
Senators Fail to Override Abortion Veto
WIBW TopekaAnti-abortion senators in Kansas have failed to override a veto of a bill on late-term procedures. The vote Thursday night was 25-13, two short of the two-thirds majority needed.
More Federal Tax Dollars Go to Abortion Providers on Tax Day 2009 than Just One Year Ago
Christian News WireWASHINGTON, April 15 / Christian Newswire / -- Today is the deadline to file federal taxes with the Internal Revenue Service, and Americans can expect to send more of their tax dollars to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood than they did at this time last year.
Abortion bills running short on time
KRIS-TV Corpus ChristiAUSTIN, Texas -- After months with little or no action, Texas lawmakers are stirring up the emotional cauldron that always brews with abortion-related bills.
New Kansas Gov. Parkinson Emphasizes Similarities With Sebelius On Abortion-Rights Issues
Medical News TodayKansas Gov. Mark Parkinson (D), who replaced HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the position, said that his positions on abortion-rights issues are comparable to those of the former governor, the AP/NBCActionNews.com reports. In his first news conference as governor, Parkinson said, "My position is very similar, if not completely similar, to [Sebelius'] position on the abortion issue.
Late effort in Kan. on anti-abortion bill stalls
KOAM-TV PittsburgAssociated Press - May 9, 2009 3:44 AM ET TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Anti-abortion legislators in Kansas have made a late but unsuccessful push to revive proposals for strengthening a late-term...
Abortion measure advances in Senate
Tulsa WorldThe bill would limit some procedures and require doctors to report data. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday passed a controversial abortion bill aimed at prohibiting the procedure based on the sex of a fetus.
Clinton defends abortion right
BigPond NewsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has defended the right to abortion worldwide.
Pro-choice demo marks 40 years of abortion rights
Hour.caForty years after women gained the right to an abortion in Canada - May 14, 1969 - the battle to protect it continues. "The recent Conservative attack on abortion rights [with Bill C-484] and pay equity has mobilized women," says Mahée Lamoureux, a member of feminist collective La Riposte.
Teen's criminal case renews abortion law debate
ABCThe first Australian doctor to legally dispense the controversial abortion drug RU-486 says she is appalled by the case of a Queensland teenager charged with organising the miscarriage of her child.
Misread ultrasound resulted in abortion
The New Zealand HeraldAn Australian specialist has been criticised for misreading an ultrasound that resulted in the wrongful abortion of a Wellington woman's baby. A follow-up check at Hutt Hospital nine days later showed the baby was just in an unusual...